- A
corslet is
defined by the
Oxford English Dictionary as "a
piece of
defensive armour covering the body." In
ancient Egypt,
Ramesses II is said to have...
-
wealthiest and
physically strongest men
could afford this type of armour.
Corslets,
provided with both the
breast and back pieces, were worn by foot-soldiers...
- The
linothorax (/ˈliːnoʊθɔːræks/, from the
Ancient Gr****: λινοθώραξ,
Ancient Gr****: [linotʰɔ̌ːraːks]) is a type of
upper body
armor that was used throughout...
- swords,
perhaps of Naue II type. In some cases, they are
shown wearing corslets and kilts, but
their key
distinguishing feature is a
horned helmet, which...
- have
alike agitated the
human heart,
whether it
throbbed under the
steel corslet of the
fifteenth century, the
brocaded coat of the eighteenth, or the blue...
- woman. The woman's
corslet is so
tight that it
seems to have
grown into the woman's body.
Sigurd uses his
sword Gram to cut the
corslet,
starting from the...
- The word
thorax comes from the Gr**** θώραξ thṓrax "breastplate, cuir****,
corslet" via Latin: thorax. In
humans and
other hominids, the
thorax is the chest...
- woman. The woman's
corslet is so
tight that it
seems to have
grown into the woman's body.
Sigurd uses his
sword Gram to cut the
corslet,
starting from the...
-
claimed to have
fought the
battle without even
bothering to put on his
corslet,
until two
hours after the
fighting began. Six of Ramesses's
youthful sons...
-
September 1565 that
while her
husband Henry Stuart, Lord
Darnley wore a gilt
corslet or breastplate, the rest of the
lords "after
their country fashion" wore...
